Domain Admins have no admin access on XP workstation
Hi all,I am having the strangest problem. I've been slowly rolling out an AD (2008 level) domain over our entire organization. I'm nearing the end, and was adding one of the last computers to the...
View ArticleUser's failed to login after setting "user must change password at next logon"
Hi: In our Active Directory environment, any new AD user who has "user must change password at next logon" , cannot login to the domain, the strange thing is when the AD user attempted to login ,...
View ArticleImporting Bulk Contacts using LDIFDE
Hi,I have 1000 mail enabled contacts to import into Exchange server 2010. I know a single ldifde command we can complete it. I want to know with what kinds of attributes can i prepare in a excel file...
View Articlecan't open namespace
hiwhen i create new namespace in DFS management and give it special permission like as picture when i open in explorer and pop up for credential i type the special that i create in the above picture...
View ArticleMigrating SYSVOL to DFSR, One Server 'stuck' when using getmigrationstate,...
Hi,I am upgrading our 2008 R2 Domain Controllers (All Writable, no RODC) to DFSR for SYSVOL.2 of our DCs are out our main head office, and 1 DC is in a small office (in a seperate site on a different...
View ArticleGlobal Address List queries
Hi We are running an Exchange 2010 / AD 2003 environment, and I had some questions on the Global Address List I was hoping someone could help with. a) My understanding is that Outlook accesses the GAL...
View Articlesysvol out of sync with 2 DCs having GPO changes I want to keep - best way to...
Scenario:Single domain with 2 DCs, one 2008 R2 and one 2003AD replicates fineI’m getting journal_wraperrors on the 2008 R2 DC. This prevents FRS replication of sysvol.Administrators have made changes...
View ArticleExisting LDAP-Directory and KDC as data source for AD
We have a lot Linux, Solaris and OS X clients in our network.Authentication und directory service is provided via multiple OpenLDAP replicas and MIT Kerberos KDCs.Currently, our few Windows Clients are...
View ArticleDHCP Server redundancy in windows server 2008
Hi We are having DHCP server running on primary domain controller. I am planning to give redundancy for dhcp in secondary domain controller or other server. Anybody help me in this how to acheive...
View ArticleOrphand trust- unable to remove - assistance needed...
Hi,I have multidomain environment with one root domain and 3 child domains. I created the forest oneway incoming trust on root domain dc with another forest (which is single domain environment).I...
View ArticleStrange AD Replication and ISTG - Assistance Needed
Hi AllSo I am currently going through my AD and have come to a bit of a stumbling block in terms of my ISTG setup!I have a Windows 2003 Func Level AD with one Windows 2008 R2 DC as well for a total 10...
View ArticleADDS Best Practices Analyzer Time Synchronization
Very recently a Navy Time Server had pushed out an incorrect time to users whom were misconfigured with W32TM and ended up causing havoc on their Windows domains. I'm proposing a modification to the...
View Articleadd domain user to administrator group
Hi i have 2003 domain with XP and W7 clientsI want add a domain user to local administrator group in all my clients using vbs scritp¿How i can do it?Thanks for all and excuse my bad English
View ArticleDomainDNSZones, and ForestDNSzones are empty
I’m experiencing a problem with DomainDNSZones, and ForestDNSzones. These DNS sub zones are empty. Well actually they contain entries for legacy (removed) 2003 domain controllers, but no entries for...
View ArticleFinding out who is logged into what computer ? To find out where user logged in?
Hello Friends :I want to show you that how can you findout the place which your domain users are logging in ,Of Course i mean the computer account which the user is using for logging in :1- The first...
View ArticleDNS Zone Transfer Settings -- Keeps reverting back
If I go to my Windows 2008 PDC > Server Manager > Roles > DNS Server > DNS > Servername > Forward lookup zones > domain.com and right click then go to properties and Zone Transfers...
View ArticleActive Directory Replication Failure
I installed a new DC running server2008r2 named (VMSERVER1). Everythign seem to have went well after the domainprep and forestprep. I made it the GC and then tested it by shutting off the first DC...
View ArticleHow do I replace a 2003 BDC with another 2003 BDC on a 2008 Domain
My Primary DC is a 2008 Standard Server SP2 I had a BDC running 2003 and it crashed. It was also running my fax software for my domain as well as some additional small shared programs. I have...
View ArticleDnsmgmt: Cannot contact the DNS server
Problem1:I have a Win Svr 2003 St Sp2 (svr A), and a Win Svr 2008 R2 Ent (svrB) active directory. NIC settings for svr A, prefered dns ip was point to himself and alternate to svr B ip, and NIC...
View ArticleGPO Policy folder Access Denied
After some replication issues that i believe are resolved, I have 2 folders in the sysvol\policies folder that as an admin and system get access denied too when trying to access the content of them or...
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